SPENCE George

  • First Name(s):
    George 
  • Surname:
    SPENCE
  • Service Number:
    96660
  • Rank:

    Sapper

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Engineers
  • Corps:
    Corps of Royal Engineers
  • Regiment:
    Royal Engineers
  • Unit:
    6th Telegraph Construction Company
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    16th October 1918
  • Age At Death:
    42
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Bari War Cemetery, Italy, Grave 15. G. 30.
  • Place of Birth:
    Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, enlisted Worcester, resident Stourport, Worcestershire
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of George and Harriet Spence; husband of Annie Spence, 1 Sion Gardens, High St., Stourport

Remember The Fallen - Lest We Forget

SPENCE George Is Named On These Memorials

Stourport War Memorial
Worcester Post Office Wainwright Road

Further Information About SPENCE George

Prior to enlisting George Spence worked for over 15 years in the postal telegraph service. He served in the Telegraph Construction Corps of Royal Engineers and had been in France for two years and Italy for ten months.  He died of malaria and pneumonia.

Source for additional information: Kidderminster Shuttle 30th November 1918.  The report includes a photograph of George Spence.

George Spence, Sapper, 96660, Royal Engineers, 1 Sion Gardens, appears on the Absent Voters List for Stourport 1918.

An obituary for George Spence appears in the Stourport Parish Magazine for November 1918.

George’s name is recorded on the headstone of his parents grave in Stourport churchyard.

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Credits: Kidderminster Shuttle and additional information researched and transcribed by Adrian Carter.